f28303 cc14004	Kent v Hampshire
	County Championship 1970
Venue	Mote Park, Maidstone on 15th, 16th, 17th July 1970 (3-day match)
Balls per over	6
Toss	Kent won the toss and decided to bat
Result	Kent won by 49 runs
Points	Kent 20 (Batting 6, Bowling 4); Hampshire 5 (Batting 3, Bowling 2)
Umpires	JF Crapp, OW Herman
Close of play day 1	Hampshire (1) 10/0 (Reed 3*, Lewis 7*)
Close of play day 2	Kent (2) 127/0 (Denness 73*, Johnson 50*)

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Kent first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Denness	b Cottam	5
GW Johnson	b Cottam	106
Asif Iqbal	b Cottam	78
JN Shepherd	c Marshall b Jesty	25
SE Leary	c sub b Jesty	88
A Brown	c Wheatley b Castell	10
AGE Ealham	not out	18
+D Nicholls	c Stephenson b Cottam	2
RA Woolmer	c Livingstone b Jesty	1
AL Dixon	not out	18
RB Elms	did not bat
Extras	(3 lb)	3
Total	(8 wickets, declared, 99.2 overs)	354
Fall of wickets:
1-11, 2-123, 3-162, 4-247, 5-262, 6-325, 7-328, 8-331

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
White	3.2	2	7	0	-	-
Cottam	31	1	114	4	-	-
Jesty	36	7	124	3	-	-
Castell	21	3	79	1	-	-
Wheatley	8	1	27	0	-	-

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Hampshire first innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Reed	b Dixon	63
RV Lewis	c Shepherd b Brown	7
DR Turner	c Nicholls b Elms	3
*RE Marshall	c Leary b Shepherd	7
DA Livingstone	c Woolmer b Elms	11
KJ Wheatley	c Johnson b Shepherd	48
TE Jesty	c Asif Iqbal b Shepherd	58
+GR Stephenson	lbw b Dixon	9
AT Castell	b Dixon	11
RMH Cottam	not out	0
DW White	absent hurt
Extras	(8 lb, 1 w)	9
Total	(all out, 85.4 overs)	226
Fall of wickets:
1-13, 2-20, 3-28, 4-43, 5-129, 6-185, 7-201, 8-226, 9-226 (85.4 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	22	7	52	1	-	-
Elms	18	9	38	2	-	-
Shepherd	26	11	68	3	-	-
Woolmer	14	5	35	0	-	-
Dixon	5.4	2	24	3	-	-

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Kent second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
*MH Denness	c Stephenson b Castell	84
GW Johnson	lbw b Cottam	51
Asif Iqbal	c Lewis b Castell	5
JN Shepherd	c Stephenson b Castell	0
SE Leary	not out	14
AGE Ealham	not out	0
A Brown	did not bat
+D Nicholls	did not bat
RA Woolmer	did not bat
AL Dixon	did not bat
RB Elms	did not bat
Extras	(5 lb)	5
Total	(4 wickets, declared, 43 overs)	159
Fall of wickets:
1-140, 2-140, 3-140, 4-155

Hampshire bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Cottam	17	0	65	1	-	-
Jesty	9	1	39	0	-	-
Castell	17	4	50	3	-	-

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Hampshire second innings		Runs	Balls	Mins	4s	6s
BL Reed	b Elms	13
RV Lewis	c Nicholls b Elms	8
DR Turner	b Dixon	116
*RE Marshall	c Leary b Brown	4
DA Livingstone	b Dixon	46
KJ Wheatley	c Denness b Asif Iqbal	12
TE Jesty	c Nicholls b Asif Iqbal	1
+GR Stephenson	c Nicholls b Shepherd	17
AT Castell	c Nicholls b Shepherd	9
RMH Cottam	not out	0
DW White	absent hurt
Extras	(9 b, 2 lb, 1 w)	12
Total	(all out, 72.3 overs)	238
Fall of wickets:
1-19, 2-26, 3-31, 4-141, 5-184, 6-186, 7-226, 8-230, 9-238 (72.3 ov)

Kent bowling	Overs	Mdns	Runs	Wkts	Wides	No-Balls
Brown	7	3	18	1	-	-
Elms	9	0	50	2	-	-
Shepherd	11.3	2	40	2	-	-
Woolmer	10	0	27	0	-	-
Dixon	25	8	57	2	-	-
Asif Iqbal	10	2	34	2	-	-

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Notes
--> RB Elms made his debut in First-Class matches
--> RB Elms made his debut in County Championship matches
--> MH Denness (2) passed 11500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 52
--> SE Leary (2) passed 16000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 11
--> RV Lewis (2) passed 1000 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 4
--> KJ Wheatley (2) passed 1500 runs in First-Class matches when he reached 8
--> TE Jesty reached 50 wickets in County Championship matches when taking his 2nd wicket in the Kent first innings

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